Friday 30 August 2013

Review: Origin (Lux #4) by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Origin (Lux, #4)
 
Title: Origin (Lux #4)
Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout
Release date: August 27th 2013
Publisher: Entangled Teen
Genre: Young Adult Science Fiction
 
Goodreads Synopsis:
 
Daemon will do anything to get Katy back.

After the successful but disastrous raid on Mount Weather, he’s facing the impossible. Katy is gone. Taken. Everything becomes about finding her. Taking out anyone who stands in his way? Done. Burning down the whole world to save her? Gladly. Exposing his alien race to the world? With pleasure.

All Katy can do is survive.

Surrounded by enemies, the only way she can come out of this is to adapt. After all, there are sides of Daedalus that don’t seem entirely crazy, but the group’s goals are frightening and the truths they speak even more disturbing. Who are the real bad guys? Daedalus? Mankind? Or the Luxen?

Together, they can face anything.

But the most dangerous foe has been there all along, and when the truths are exposed and the lies come crumbling down, which side will Daemon and Katy be standing on?

And will they even be together?


Ramblings of a Mad Person:

HOLY ALIEN BABIES EVERYWHERE!

What the-?? How the-??? WOW.

Yes, that's pretty much all I can say at this point.

I just finished reading Origin, like 60 seconds ago, and WOWZERZ. I don't even know what to say. Normally talkative me has been stunned speechless- it was THAT good.

Where do I start with this review? I'm afraid I'm gonna fangirl more than I've ever fangirled before.

So after being left with that cruel, cruel cliff-hanger in Opal, we jump right into the world of Origin where Kat has been captured by the Daedalus and Daemon will go to any and all lengths to get her back. No mountain's too big, no river's too wide, and no other life is as precious as his Kitten's.

Origin is written in dual POV so we're fortunate enough to see the inner workings of Daemon Black's mind (and those sure are some fiiine workings *wink wink*).

I found myself sitting on the edge throughout the length of the story. It's a good thing I'm not plagued with the habit of biting my nails, or I'm sure I would have none left- toes included (as gross as that sounds). Each and every moment was so intense it was practically impossible to put the book down and consider sleeping, eating, or answering nature's call. What? Too much information? Well don't blame me- I'm suffering from the most epic book hangover ever.

Anyway, we see Katy, strong as ever, endure torture and attempts of brainwashing at the hands of the Daedalus, and still manage to retain her sanity while Daemon plots and plans to get her back.

While she's there, we get to see exactly how messed up in the head these people are, and the worst part is that they actually believe their actions serve a higher purpose, but, alas, their desire to do 'good' has pushed all morals and ethics to the backburner, and resulted in a situation that's so messed up it's not even funny.

Now I'm trying to contain my enthusiasm and keep this review spoiler free, but its one heck of an endeavor and I'm too emotionally spent to be able to string words together to form meaningful sentences, so I'm going to stop trying to type with a lack of a brain-to-fingers filter, but before I do so, I'm going to warn you- just rainbows, sunshine, and puppies (or in this case, kittens) do not an awesome story make. There are no definite tones of black and white, just many shades of grey. There's betrayal, there's torture, and there's death (JLA really didn't hold back on this one), but then there's also love, family, and healing.

But don't just take my word for it, go check it out yourself. Despite all the reviews you have or you will read about Origin, nothing will or can prepare you for the actual thing (at least not without revealing major spoilers). So expect the unexpected, and all that sort of stuff and prepare yourself to the best of your abilities for tons of 'aww-ing' and loads of gasping.

5 Extra-terrestrial, kitten-loving, Daemon-Invasion, This-Sentence-Officially-Doesn't-Make-Any-Sense, Stars! 
 
*I know you might have noticed a lack of gifs and pictures for this one, and that's because I've become a bit paranoid since I learned a whole bunch of bloggers are being sued because of copyright issues... not that my blog has enough visitors to be even appear on the radar, but still. Better safe than sorry, and anyway, I'd hate to steal and discredit anyone else's work. So bear with me for now while I work on alternative options. And no, its not rocket science; I'm just a lazy person- but I'll get around to it... eventually*
 
Happy Reading peeps!

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